1224 in Ireland
Events from the year 1224 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- Richard Mór de [Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught|Richard Mór de Burgh] claims the title Lord of Connaught on the basis of a grant to his father, and that Aedh Ua Conchobair has forfeited it.
- Dominican Order set up in Ireland. They are the first mendicant friars in Ireland. At about this date, Lucas de Netterville, Archbishop of Armagh, founds a Dominican friary in Drogheda.
- South Abbey, Youghal, the proto-friary of the Irish Province of the Observant Franciscans, is founded by Lord of Offaly">Lord of Ireland">Lord of Offaly, dedicated to St. Nicholas.
- Annals of Connacht begin.
Deaths
- Cú Ceanain Ó Con Ceanainn, King of Uí Díarmata.
- Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, last independent King of Connacht.
- Muirghis Cananach Ua Conchobhair, Prince of Connacht, monk and poet.
- Donnchadh Mor O Dalaigh, poet.
- Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh, Lord of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge.
- Simon Rochfort, Bishop of Meath.